Cambridge Grammar for IELTS , Unit 1

Present tenses
A Context listening
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playing and watching football, playing the guitar in a band
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1) T 2) F He is studying really hard for his exams this month
3) F His parents own a restaurant.
4) F He practices the piano most mornings.
5) T 6) His cousin is living in Thailand.
7) F He supports his local team.
Script
should formal) used to refer to a possible event or situation
If you should change your mind, do let me know.
In case you should need any help, here's my number.
help out | help somebody out to help somebody, especially in a difficult situation
He's always willing to help out.
When I bought the house, my sister helped me out with a loan.
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1) sentences 3 and 7
2) Sentences 4 and 5
3) sentence 1
4) sentences 2 and 6
B Grammar
1 Present simple
generally adv in most cases
SYNONYM as a rule
I generally get up at six.
The male is generally larger with a shorter beak.
normally adv usually; in normal circumstances
I'm not normally allowed to stay out late.
It's normally much warmer than this in July.
traditionally adv according to the beliefs, customs or way of life of a particular group of
people, that have not changed for a long time
The festival is traditionally held in May.
Housework has traditionally been regarded as women's work.
icon (computing) a small symbol on a computer or smartphone screen that represents a
program or a file
Click on the printer icon with the mouse.
Tap the app icon on your phone to open it.
tea lady a woman employed in a factory, office, etc to make tea during a tea break
Present continuous

dramatically adv very suddenly and to a very great and often surprising degree
Prices have fallen dramatically
Prices have increased dramatically in the last few years.
envy [uncountable] the feeling of wanting to be in the same situation as somebody else;
the feeling of wanting something that somebody else has
SYNONYM jealousy
envy (of somebody) He couldn't conceal his envy of me.
envy (at/of something) She felt a pang of envy at the thought of his success.
They looked with envy at her latest purchase.
constantly adv all the time; repeatedly
Fashion is constantly changing.
Heat the sauce, stirring constantly.
continually adv in a way that is repeated many times so that it is annoying
They argue continually about money.
forever adv (informal) used with verbs in the progressive tenses to say that somebody
does something very often and in a way that is annoying to other people
She's forever going on about how poor they are.
State verbs
thoughts [plural] a persons mind and all the ideas that they have in it when they are
thinking
My thoughts turned to home.
You are always in my thoughts.
feelings [plural] a persons emotions rather than their thoughts or ideas
He hates talking about his feelings.
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings (= offend you).
sense [countable] one of the five powers (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) that your
body uses to get information about the world around you
the five senses
Dogs have a keen (= strong) sense of smell.
assume to think or accept that something is true but without having proof of it
assume (that) It is reasonable to assume (that) the economy will continue to
improve.
Let us assume for a moment that the plan succeeds.
it is assumed (that) It is generally assumed that stress is caused by too much
work.
assume something Don't always assume the worst (= that something bad has
happened).
assume somebody/something to be/have something I had assumed him to be a
Belgian.
adore somebody to love somebody very much
It's obvious that she adores him.

adore (informal) to like something very much

adore something I simply adore his music!
adore doing something She adores working with children.
despise somebody/something (not used in the progressive tenses) to dislike and have no
respect for somebody/something
She despised gossip in any form.
He despised himself for being so cowardly.
resemble somebody/something to look like or be similar to another person or thing
She closely resembles her sister.
So many hotels resemble each other.
The plant resembles grass in appearance.